"rvm install ree" fails on ubuntu: how to get pass openssl and zlib dev headers requirement?

Question

I want to install Ruby Entreprise Edition via rvm on Ubuntu. I'm running the following:

$ rvm install ree --with-readline-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr --with-iconv-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr --with-zlib-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr --with-openssl-dir=/home/ubuntu/.rvm/usr

However, it fails with the following error:

Installing Ruby Enterprise Edition from source to: /home/ubuntu/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2011.03
ree-1.8.7-2011.03 - #fetching (ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2011.03)
ree-1.8.7-2011.03 - #extracting ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2011.03 to /home/ubuntu/.rvm/src/ree-1.8.7-2011.03
ree-1.8.7-2011.03 - #installing 
ERROR: Error running './installer -a /home/ubuntu/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2011.03  --dont-install-useful-gems ', please read /home/ubuntu/.rvm/log/ree-1.8.7-2011.03/install.log
ERROR: There has been an error while trying to run the ree installer. Halting the installation.

The file /home/ubuntu/.rvm/log/ree-1.8.7-2011.03/install.log says the following:

 * C compiler... found at /usr/bin/gcc
 * C++ compiler... found at /usr/bin/g++
 * The 'make' tool... found at /usr/bin/make
 * The 'patch' tool... found at /usr/bin/patch
 * Zlib development headers... found
 * OpenSSL development headers... not found
 * GNU Readline development headers... not found

Some required software is not installed.
But don't worry, this installer will tell you how to install them.
Press Enter to continue, or Ctrl-C to abort.
--------------------------------------------
Installation instructions for required software

 * To install OpenSSL development headers:
   Please download it from http://www.openssl.org/

 * To install GNU Readline development headers:
   Please download it from http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html

However I do have openssl, readline, and zlib-devel installed both as rvm package and via apt-get on the system.

$ rvm package install ree_dependencies

Please help!

Answer 1

If you use rvm version 1.9.0,

$ rvm package install ree_dependencies ERROR: Unrecognized command line argument: 'package' ( see: 'rvm usage' )

Using

$ rvm pkg install ree_dependencies

will work